Where does “assai” come from?

assai (English) comes from Italian assai, from Latin ad satis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

assai (English): A tempo direction equivalent to "very";...

Definitions

A tempo direction equivalent to "very";...

Ancestry of “assai”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	assai	very
2	Latin	ad satis	to sufficiency
3	Latin	Ad	toward, to
4	Latin	illic	he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5	Latin	ille	that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6	Latin	olle	Archaic form of ille
7	Proto-Italic	*olnos	that

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